JK Brickhouse

Needs a ’ bar rescue ’ desperately !.
Only one good bartender /​waitress. (Debb)
If they didn’t have her, they would be Ass out.
If you happen to go on the day when your bartenders name is Mary, you will in counter one of the most nasty attitudes you will every meet. My suggestion is to get out of there fast and don’t look back. Best time to go is Tuesday thru Thursday. It’s supposed to be a sportsbar, but they are not open on weekends majority of the time.

Karaōke on Friday nights. Is like CHEERS with Soul… love it! REAL FOLKS that speak when you come into the door. And a friendly wait staff.
Food and drinks available too.

Jam every first Tuesday and third Tuesdays of the month. It’s still rockn’!
Sadlly, the Thai cuisine is gone.

Jk Brickhouse is located behind a diesel truck stop located on 7^th st.
JK looks like a traditional bar with a few microbrew drafts.
lunch time busy with only 1 bartender on duty
tried to order food at food window (chinese, po boys, burgers, thai food). was told to order at bar.
–sat a few minutes, couldn’t get bartender’s attention
she had to bartend, take food orders, bring food to table
seems it would take awhile, so i left.
on draught
–brickhouse, large area, lots of seating, outside also.

I really like this place. It’s just a few blocks from my house. I was looking for somewhere too party for nye and came across this place. The bartender was nice and thru had a blues performance. Very very cool.

I decided to catch lunch here as I was walking on foot and it was the closest non-​fast food restaurant in the mainly industrial area. There weren’t a lot of people 4 or 5) but thats to be expected when you go to a bar at noon. The waitress was really friendly and laid back, but also got my order to me pretty quickly. Several tvs played sports on mute while the juke played some oldschool rock and r&b. I ordered the pork ribs because other Unilocalers liked them and I was not disappointed. They were delicious, and only $ 10. They came with potato salad and beans, both of which were unremarkable. But the ribs more than made up for that.
Definitely come for the ribs, and the laid back atmosphere. Also, I think they do karaōke on some nights, so come for that if you like your ribs with a side of singing.
Also, an earlier Unilocaler said it’s cash only, but I was able to pay and tip on my card without a problem.

No frills bar, one large room, couple of pool tables, areas to eat inside and out back, and about 5 TVs for watching sports.
Two jukeboxes, one mostly R&B, the other digital.
Place is pretty much a locals bar, filled with largely nice people minding their own business.
Menu is rather large for a bar, and unique in that there are Thai dishes on it in addition to barbecue.
I had the ribs place with fries ($ 10), which were dry rubbed with sauce on the side. These are some of the best ribs I’ve had in Oakland, as they’re not doused in sauce, but served the way I like them.
Heineken $ 4 per bottle, not bad.
All in all, I’ll be back.
Parking lot in back.

If you want to go to a place that welcomes you with open arms, come to JK Brickhouse. I immediately felt at home by the bartenders and patrons alike. I will be back!

I would give them a 4.5 if I could… Absolutely the best BBQ in town; huge portions and consistently delicious, excellent grilled chicken salad, huge Great drinks, genorous poursCaters to the 40+ crowd. Old school juke box, R&B and honky tonk. Excellent down home live blues… No cover before 8 pm… great people watching… the downside is that they don’t always answer their phone so it’s hard to get a hold of the events calendar. Also, this is a cash only establishment… credit cards not accepted.

Entering into this neighborhood which lies west of Jack London in a tough n’ gritty part of town, remains mixed of residents surrounded by commercial and industrial warehouses in close proximity to housed cargo containers, railroad tracks and the port. Driving west on 7^th Street and left on Adeline, I shared the road with diesels trucks passing by heading over the causeway bridge that leads to down to the docks.
Upon my embarkation from Adeline Street tucked away just below the BART rails overhead, I discovered the driveway leading to the rear of this lone brick building that seemed to exist in the middle of nowhere. You can practically feel the ghostly presence of old southern laborers who ventured west to work the shipyards.
Stepping out from my car in the rear parking lot, I encountered the most distinguishing familiar aroma. But this was not just the smell of bar-​b-​que. Oh, no. It was the aroma of a superb vintage recipe traced back to Waco, Texas. A smell from the past of my own childhood innocence when I recall my neighbor’s dad Mr. Charlie Green from Texas who made the best and most famous bar-​b-​que on the block. I have not traced that smell since. I knew that this was the smell of true Texan dry-​rubbed smoked barbeque. Wow, I didn’t quite know what to think. While I was anxious to sample the taste of possibly great food, I also could feel the haunting souls of old shipyard laborers lingering about this place. My feelings were mixed about entering the red brick building, however I continued.
Once inside, I felt the uneasiness of an unwelcome stranger, who was perhaps too fancy for this saloon, but it was Friday after all and I just needed to shake the dust off from my boots and cool my heels with perhaps a cold sarsaparilla. There were several neighborly folk sitting at the bar, playing pool and eatting plates of catfish and fried chicken.
The waitress, modestly pleasant, who had only been on the job for three days, took our drink of Cran — Man (mandarin absolute and crandberry) and a cognac and food order and returned with well –portioned plates. We ordered an oyster-​loaf, a shrimp loaf and a bar-​b-​que dinner all for a modest price. The oyster and shrimp sandwich was fried in a light batter and came on a buttered French roll with lettuce, tomato and plenty of pickles and steak fries on the side. The cup of coleslaw was the best tasting house-​made slaw that I have ever had. The shrimp were actually medium prawns and were perfectly cooked. The oysters were rather pretty good, although I prefer them fried harder. The Q was the best. They offer hotlink, chicken and rib dinners. It comes with baked beans, potato salad and coleslaw. Notably, the ribs were tender, lean with the fat trimmed and carefully prepared by a master q’er. The size of the ribs were small to medium, indicating that the age of animal was youthful, unlike the huge and tough Amazon ribs that is served at Everett and Jones. The portions were appetizing, however I wish there were a few more ribs in the dinner.
JK’s is not a restaurant by traditional terms, it is a local dive where you can hang your boots, share some libations and spirits and with locals and spirits; shoot the schtick with local folk and enjoy the eats.